1856

May 16 draged in the field below the little orchard Jock finished plowing & the draged fine weathre & A fine Showr

17 Planted better than 1 acre of corn 1 1/2 bushel of thompsons 1 1/2 of Scotch Erleys & 4 bushel of Cups A little Showr after sundown

18 no Meeting to Day heavy rain most of the night & all Day

19 let the water of the field below the house & the cristies place in the forenoon plowed in the harper field in the afternoon ground very wet

20 went to Brockville & got A box of Potatoes from William Armstrong from Trenton bought 1 barrel of salt 10s

21 planted 4 bushel of cups the ground too wet jock plowed I went to Mr Kincaids his Sister the Widow Ferguson fell from the Scaffold in the Barn & was killed yesterday

22 finished plowing the harper & went to the funeral of the Widow Ferguson in caintown the Revd Mr Benning preached

23 Sowed 5 bushel of Poll oats from John Yonges & 5 bushel of little oats all in the harper field then planted 5 bushel of cups that we got from J Yonge then 1 1/2 bushel of round cups then 1 1/2 bushel of whole Thompsons 2 rows each 1 bushel of W Armstrong first row 4 sets in hill second row 3 sets in hill in the field below the little orchard {in margin} 30 1/2 bushel of Potates in all

24 then some purple 2 bushel Marino 2 bushel cups

25 the Revd Mr preached in caintown

26 painted the Buggy

27 fixed irons on the Buggy

28 went to Charlestown with 40 flour barells left them at the mills for Bews rain in the forenoon

29 went to John Yonges & helped him to plow

30 hore frost this morning the ice as thick as a copper on the trough that we watered the horses

31 planted corn at J Yonges in the forenoon came home in the afternoon

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